Spirituality and Chemical Dependency

by Robert J Kus

Overview

Spirituality and Chemical Dependency shares current thinking on how spirituality is used in recovery from alcoholism and other forms of chemical dependency. The 12-Step programs have been the most successful form of treatment thus far; you will find the insight in this book to be revealing as to why. Each of the contributors has devoted a significant part of his or her life to help those suffering from chemical addiction. In each chapter, the author gives ideas on specific aspects of spirituality in the 12-Step context and answers the ever-important question “So what?!” to provide guidelines for healthy spirituality in the addicted person.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317991793
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/02/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	236
File size:	754 KB

About the Author

Robert J Kus

Table of Contents

Contents
Foreword

• Introduction
• A New Understanding of Spirituality
• The Effects of Alcoholism and Recovery on Spirituality
• Defining God or Higher Power: The Spiritual Center of Recovery
• Spiritual Reading as Bibliotherapy
• Self-Examination in Addiction Recovery: Notes on Steps 4 and 10
• The Clergyperson and the Fifth Step
• Steps 8 and 9 of Alcoholics Anonymous
• Prayer and Meditation in Addiction Recovery
• Applied Spirituality: Expressing Love and Service
• Spirituality, Art Therapy, and the Chemically Dependent Person
• Music Therapy, Spirituality, and Chemically Dependent Clients
• Never Too Late: The Spiritual Recovery of an Alcoholic with HIV
• Spiritual Exiles in Their Own Homeland: Gays, Lesbians, and Native Americans
• Reference Notes Included
• Index